IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, frigid Haplic Palexeralfs
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • Local Phase: very deep
  • User Site ID: S1968-CA-05-046x
  • User Pedon ID: 68-CA-05-046x
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1968-CA-05-046x
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UCDAVIS
  • Lab Pedon # - UCD6805046
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 42188
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location In Web Soil Survey
  • AOI is roughly a square mile and pedon is marked in the center.
  • Location in SoilWeb
  • Location in Google Maps
  • Std. Latitude: 38.3999360
  • Std. Longitude: -120.2367780
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: California
  • County: CA009—Calaveras
  • MLRA: 22A—Sierra Nevada and Tehachapi Mountains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CA731—Stanislaus National Forest, California, Parts
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 38120-D2—Calaveras Dome, California

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: JAD
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, frigid Haplic Palexeralfs
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Holland
  • PSC - 89 to 139 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/6/2016
  • Classifier - Theresa Kunch
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - SND
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, frigid Typic Xerochrepts
  • Classificaton Date - 12/11/2008
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: RES
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 12/11/2008 (entry creation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - rangeland, grassland
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    PILA

    Pinus lambertiana

    sugar pine

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    umbric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    argillic horizon

    13—38

    66—89

    89—173

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    Setting and Climate
    Slope Slope Length USLE Upslope Length Elev. Corr. Elev Aspect MAP REAP FFD MAAT MSAT MWAT MAST MSST MWST MFFP PE Index Climate Station ID Climate Station Name Climate Station Type
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    29

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    1646

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    112

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    Oi—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); fragments. Lab sample # UCD02961
    Oa—5 to 13 centimeters (2.0 to 5.1 inches); fragments. Lab sample # UCD02962
    A1—13 to 38 centimeters (5.1 to 15.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist; fine sandy loam; moderate fine granular parts to weak coarse granular structure; soft, very friable; 21.0 medium roots throughout and 21.0 fine roots throughout and 21.0 coarse roots throughout; 3.0 very fine irregular and 3.0 fine irregular pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # UCD02963
    A2—38 to 66 centimeters (15.0 to 26.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), brown (7.5YR 4/3), moist; fine sandy loam; moderate medium granular parts to moderate fine granular structure; soft, very friable; 21.0 medium roots throughout and 21.0 fine roots throughout and 21.0 coarse roots throughout; 3.0 very fine irregular and 3.0 fine irregular pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # UCD02964
    BA—66 to 89 centimeters (26.0 to 35.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; fine sandy loam; massive parts to weak coarse angular blocky; friable; 3.0 medium roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout and 3.0 coarse roots throughout; 3.0 very fine irregular and 3.0 very fine tubular and 3.0 fine tubular and 3.0 fine irregular pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # UCD02965
    Bt1—89 to 122 centimeters (35.0 to 48.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; fine sandy loam; massive parts to weak very coarse angular blocky; friable, slightly sticky; 3.0 medium roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout and 3.0 coarse roots throughout; 3.0 very fine tubular and 3.0 very fine irregular and 3.0 fine tubular and 3.0 fine irregular pores; 10 percent clay films between sand grains; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # UCD02966
    Bt2—122 to 173 centimeters (48.0 to 68.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; fine sandy loam; massive parts to weak very coarse angular blocky; friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 medium roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout and 3.0 coarse roots throughout; 0.5 very fine irregular and 0.5 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine tubular and 0.5 fine irregular pores; 10 percent clay films between sand grains; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # UCD02967
    BC—173 to 218 centimeters (68.1 to 85.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist; very fine sandy loam; massive parts to weak coarse angular blocky; friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 medium roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots throughout and 0.5 coarse roots throughout; 0.5 very fine tubular and 0.5 very fine irregular and 0.5 fine irregular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; 10 percent clay films between sand grains; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # UCD02968
    C1—218 to 264 centimeters (85.8 to 103.9 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), olive brown (2.5Y 4/3), moist; fine sandy loam; massive; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # UCD02969
    C2—264 to 371 centimeters (103.9 to 146.1 inches); olive (5Y 5/3), olive gray (5Y 4/2), moist; fine sandy loam; massive; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2. Lab sample # UCD02970